A Chicken Broth Recipe: Allergy-Style
If you missed this week’s Baby Step to Better Health |Broth|, check it out here. Chicken broth is such an old-timey concept that brings to mind the comforts of home and doting grandma’s. Broth is a well-documented staple of many traditional cultures and is a very important component in many of my witch doctor brews. […]
Roasted Beet and Arugula Salad: A Recipe from Go Grain-Free
In honor of the giveaway for Go Grain-free: Cooking for Ancestral and Healing Diets [CLOSED], this week’s recipe post will feature one of the class favorites. Our Baby Step for this week focuses on fat, and olive oil is definitely my favorite. It may be the influence of my Italian in-laws, but there is always an abundance […]
It’s Time For a Chili Makeover! A Real Food Recipe
Mmmmm chili. The ultimate comfort food. If you’re going to makeover a recipe, this is the one to start with. Get rid of your can openers and get into Real Food. Why are we ‘making over’ recipes? Read here to find out. Chili is a popular meal for many people, so it’s a great place to […]
Silky Banana Bread Bites
These banana bread bites are special treat in my home. They are rich enough to feel indulgent and just sweet enough to feel decadent. Imagine the essence of banana bread. The texture is soft and silky and almost melts on your tongue. These little bites are nothing like I have ever eaten…in a good way. […]
A Real Food Ketchup Recipe with Probiotics
Ketchup is often one of the last foods to make the transition to a REAL FOOD diet but is so simple to make at home. How can we recreate the flavors that pair so well with our favorite foods and reminds us of childhood? This simple real food ketchup recipe does just that but adds […]
Carpet Cleaning (non-toxic, allergy-friendly, and frugal)
My carpet needed a serious deep clean. With a 4 year old, a husband, and a cat, it gets its fair share of wear and tear. It is also old and secretly wants to be laid to rest, but hardwood floors aren’t anywhere near the top of the to-do list. I make do…grudgingly. We used […]
Sweet Potato Fries
We have a love of fried starch in this house. White potatoes, sweet potatoes, and plantains are always close at hand when the urge strikes. You see, as a rule we don’t eat grains. We occasionally try to reintroduce them into our diet with poor results. We just tried again and are dealing with mood […]
Homemade All-Purpose Scrub
Why use expensive chemicals to clean? We began replacing harsh chemical cleaners with natural ones a few years ago. I was always put off from the harsh burning smell of cleaning chemicals and cover perfumes, and I can remember trying to hold my breath as much as possible while cleaning even as a teenager. […]
Today’s Freshly-Pressed Juice
There is always some curiosity when I talk about freshly-pressed juices. We don’t drink store-bought juices that are pasteurized and devoid of enzymes and most of the original nutrients. We use the Mini Green, a twin-gear juicer, and make our own. I make each juice to order and we have one almost every day during the warmer […]